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Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2019

By : Kellyn Gorman, Allan Hirt, Dave Noderer, Mitchell Pearson, James Rowland-Jones, Dustin Ryan, Arun Sirpal, Buck Woody
Book Image

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2019

By: Kellyn Gorman, Allan Hirt, Dave Noderer, Mitchell Pearson, James Rowland-Jones, Dustin Ryan, Arun Sirpal, Buck Woody

Overview of this book

Microsoft SQL Server comes equipped with industry-leading features and the best online transaction processing capabilities. If you are looking to work with data processing and management, getting up to speed with Microsoft Server 2019 is key. Introducing SQL Server 2019 takes you through the latest features in SQL Server 2019 and their importance. You will learn to unlock faster querying speeds and understand how to leverage the new and improved security features to build robust data management solutions. Further chapters will assist you with integrating, managing, and analyzing all data, including relational, NoSQL, and unstructured big data using SQL Server 2019. Dedicated sections in the book will also demonstrate how you can use SQL Server 2019 to leverage data processing platforms, such as Apache Hadoop and Spark, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes to control your data and efficiently monitor it. By the end of this book, you'll be well versed with all the features of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and understand how to use them confidently to build robust data management solutions.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Migrating SQL Server to Managed Instance

Microsoft offers numerous options when migrating databases to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. A migration project can be overwhelming. As such, it's important to choose the correct service model and service tier. There are a few, and your choice of them will depend on the use case for your managed instance:

  • Cross-database joins
  • CLR
  • SQL Server Agent Jobs
  • Log shipping
  • Global temporary tables

These are some factors to consider when deciding on your managed instance. Additionally, unlike a virtual machine solution, managed instance is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution, ensuring that you don't have to support the patching and upgrading of the database.

It is crucial before undertaking a migration to a Managed Instance that any compatibility issues due to deprecated versioning and features, such as 2008/R2/2012 are identified and resolved beforehand. SQL Server 2008/R2 contains a significant list...